Improvement in carpenters  bench-hooks



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' *UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

` ELI ODELL, OF WINTERSET, IOWA.

IMPRQVEMENTl IN CARPENTERS BENCH-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,232, dated October 27, 1874: application led September 19, 1874.

` Hook, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient means of securing boards and pieces to be planed upon a bench in such a manner that they will be prevented from moving in any direction under the press- It vconsists in a right-angled bench-hook, and a bench arranged for receiving and adjusting the saine, asA hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of my drawing is a perspective view, illustrating the form and construction of the hook. Fig. 2 illustrates the manner of applying and operating the same on a carpenters bench.

a is the short arm of the hook. b is a pin cast solid therewith, or rigidly attached in any suitable way, and projects downward to enter a corresponding hole in the top surface of the bench. c is the long arm of the hook,

forming a right angle with the short arm a.

d is a sharp point or spur projecting laterally from the end o'f the arm c, to be driven into the object designed to be held and planed on the bench. f is a screw or pin projecting downward from or through the corner of the hook, to pass through the bench, and then sel cured thereto by a nut or key. A represents a carpenters bench; B, a movable board that is to be held rigidly upon the bench during the process of planing and dressing. g is a common stop, to prevent a forward longitudinal movement vof the board B. h is a common pin, to prevent lateral movement. 1 2 3 represent a series of holes for receiving and adjusting the pin b on the hook a c, which engages the corner of the board B to hold it rigid and secure, so that it cannot lift, turn, or slip under the pressure ofthe plane.

I claim as my invention- The rightangled hook avc, having pins b and f, and spur d, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

ELI ODELL.

Witnesses:

HAmnTTA ARMBREs'r, A. W. WILKINSON. 

